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"Manus haec inimica tyrannis Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem."
Algernon Sidney / From the Life and Memoirs of Algernon Sidney.

From the Life and Memoirs of Algernon Sidney.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Liars ought to have good memories."
Algernon Sidney / Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xv.

Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xv.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small."
Algernon Sidney / Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xviii.

Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xviii.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"God helps those who help themselves."
Algernon Sidney / Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.

Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun."
Algernon Sidney / Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.

Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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